Tuesday, 4 February, 2003, 23:26 GMT
Saddam denies links to terrorists
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has denied allegations by the US and UK that Iraq has links with Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.
"If we had a relationship with al-Qaeda, and we believed in that relationship, we wouldn't be ashamed to admit it," the Iraqi leader said in a rare interview, conducted by the former British MP Tony Benn and broadcast on Channel Four television.
There has been considerable scepticism worldwide about alleged links between Saddam Hussein - a secular dictator - and Osama Bin Laden, an Islamic fundamentalist.
The transmission of the interview comes a day before US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to present to the UN what he says is evidence that Iraq is developing banned weapons of mass destruction - another allegation denied by Saddam Hussein.
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Now, I like that statement by Saddam: "If we had a relationship with al-Qaeda, and we believed in that relationship, we wouldn't be ashamed to admit it..." LOL! But tell me, Joe, WHO WOULD BE ASHAMED TO ADMIT ANY "RELATIONSHIP" WITH AL-QAEDA??? Certainly our brave, forthright Americans wouldn't... now, would they? <g>
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